What is the meaning of the Greek Key Symbol?

Asked Mar 21, 2007, 10:07 AM
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I am looking for the meaning of the Greek Key Symbol. If anyone can help me I would appreciate it.

The reason is that I have been looking for my Fiancé a wedding band and this is a symbol I have come across a few times on some of the rings and I want to know what it means befroe I settle with it. I am looking for something special and meaningful. Something Unique, If anyone has any ideas PLEASE let me know. I only have 1 month till the wedding, and I still can't decide.:)

Okay I just got back from Greece last week and I bought a Greek Key bracelet from a local shop in Rhodes. She told me that it symbolizes eternal life. That it represents (either historically or mythologically) some river.
So I went out and googled the river story when I got home and found Meandros, or Meander. Representing the flow of life; eternal life, eternal love, eternal friendship.

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I am looking for the meaning of the Greek Key Symbol. If anyone can help me I would appreciate it.

The reason is that I have been looking for my Fiance a wedding band and this is a symbol I have come across a few times on some of the rings and I want to know what it means befroe I settle with it. I am looking for something special and meaningful. Something Unique, If anyone has any ideas PLEASE let me know. I only have 1 month till the wedding, and I still can't decide.:)

I was just in Greece and this design goes back to because days. They tell me it means harmony, perfection andeternity. I think that would be perfect for a wedding band.. Great idea

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I am looking for the meaning of the Greek Key Symbol. If anyone can help me I would appreciate it.

The reason is that I have been looking for my Fiance a wedding band and this is a symbol I have come across a few times on some of the rings and I want to know what it means befroe I settle with it. I am looking for something special and meaningful. Something Unique, If anyone has any ideas PLEASE let me know. I only have 1 month till the wedding, and I still can't decide.:)

I hope you did settle with the greek key. Katevn is right it means eternal life, eternal love and eternal friendship. It is also called Meander or Greek fret meaning twisting and turning. It is named after the River Meander, now called Buyuk Menderes River, in south Western Turkey. The river is mentioned in the Lliad, by Homer.

May God bless your marriage always.

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